Schools

Struggling readers spotted by eye-tracking software trial

Schools point to ‘amazing’ results, but privacy campaigners raise concerns about use of data

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Exams

The schools working hard for the ‘forgotten third’

Every year, about a third of GCSE pupils in England do not achieve a grade 4 in English and…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Oracy

Oracy chair reassured it ‘will be woven’ into curriculum review final report

Geoff Barton speaks of need to get oracy into ‘bloodstream of the profession’ before final review report

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
School funding

Schools warn of staff cuts as Reeves snubs sector

Leaders face having to make redundancies, curriculum squeezes and cuts to programmes supporting the poorest pupils

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Cost-cutters’ savings ‘won’t compensate’ for inadequate funding

DfE advisers identified £400m of potential cuts last year, but although schools cut more, they could still only implement…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Investment areas scheme binned by Labour

Tory levelling-up programme to get more cash into left-behind areas canned

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


News

Secondary special schools over-capacity by 8,000 pupils, DfE data suggests

Education secretary warns of ‘significant gaps’ in provision for pupils with SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Unfilled primary school places up 6% in a year as falling rolls bite

Secondary school population to peak in 2027-28 and then start to fall, government analysis predicts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE calls for evidence to aid NPQ review

The DfE is asking for ‘recent, relevant and high-quality research’ as it reviews its suite of NPQs – beginning…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Attendance

NFER’s 5 ways to cut school absence

‘Schools should consider prioritising encouraging and individualised approaches in addition to punitive sanction’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Ofsted

‘Join the PTA not the pile-on’, Oliver tells complaining parents

Parents should engage with schools ‘in the right way’, says Ofsted chief amid rising abuse of teachers and leaders

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Union anger as spring statement snubs schools

Reeves mentioned crumbling school roofs, but they won’t get more capital cash next year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker